Flight Cancellation Looms In Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto Over Bad Weather Business
This could cause flight obstruction, delay and cancellation in Katsina, Kano, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Borno, Adamawa, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Kaduna states.
NiMet in a press statement signed by the general manager, public relations, Muntari Yusuf Ibrahim, said “the weather reports from the country, indicating the approximate position of Inter-Tropical Discontinuity . Winds at 10 meters and 800 meters above the ground surface indicate favourable conditions for further Dust-Haze propagations into the nation, which will worsen horizontal visibility”.
The release further stated that observation from the source region indicates that “ Niger and Chad have both reported Dust-Haze with poor horizontal visibility”. Hence NiMet expects that In the next few hours, strong winds at 800m will spread more dust into the country thus, causing deterioration in horizontal visibility.NiMet further revealed that in the next 24 hours, there are prospects of thick dust haze over Katsina, Kano, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Borno, Adamawa, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Kaduna states; while North central states are expected to report moderate dust-haze .
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